I'm posting this on all my social media in the hopes it gets more reach, but i'm debating on creating/working on/whatever some kind of collective of sorts of artists with aphantasia. Whether it just ends up being a tag we all use to support eachother share our art or pass around tips and tricks and the like [probably '#artists with aphantasa' or something of that sort], or a discord server.. or even just a group of mutuals! I just think it'd be neat for those with aphantasia to be able to interact and support each other, and maybe educate people on aphantasia or to get help or what have you.
For those who don't know aphantasia is when you can't see/visualize anything in your head. It's kind of a spectrum so some can visualize and see small amounts of stuff, some can see things but struggle to see detail or color, while folks like me cannot see [or hear lol] anything at all in their heads. A LOT of us also apparently don't dream?? [though I have really vivid dreams so that's fun but also kind of stinks when I can't visualize things when i'm awake and trying to draw lmao and i usually forget everything about visuals in my dreams]
I won't lie when I was younger i actually didn't know that people could visualize stuff i genuinely thought it was a joke/lie or just waxing poetic when people spoke about visualizing or 'seeing' stuff in their brains... and now :)) i'm an artist! despite not being able to see anything i want to draw until it's on paper [or a layer since i primarily do digital stuff]
anywho if anyone things they might be interested in learning more about what it's like being an artist with aphantasia, or they're also an artist/visual creative with aphantasia, or would like to help let me know!
